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"Are you feeling better?"
Anna patted Nanawa's back. She also felt something churning in her stomach, but she managed to hold it down.
When the wounded soldier was carried up, he was still conscious. He kept repeating, "Save me, save me..." The despair and pleading in his eyes were heartbreaking. Seeing the section of intestine hanging outside his abdomen, Nanawa threw up directly.
Even so, she insisted on completing the treatment. After Brian helped put the intestines back into the injured man's stomach, Nanawa reached out, closed her eyes, and healed the wound.
"Um..." The little girl looked a little listless. She leaned against Anna and whispered, "I heard the horn sound for the first time today. Is His Highness in trouble?"
"I don't know," Anna shook her head. She wanted to go to the city wall to take a look, but she was afraid of causing trouble for Roland. She was a little envious of Nightingale now. Her ability to move silently was really convenient.
Just then, a muffled sound came from the direction of the city wall, and everyone felt a slight tremor.
Brian stood up and paced around the room anxiously.
"Relax, young man," Baron Payne wiped his longsword. "Losing your composure before going to the battlefield will only make a bad situation worse. Besides, it's not that bad yet."
"Sorry, sir," Brian replied. "I just feel uneasy thinking that someone is fighting to the death on the city wall while I'm wasting time here. It should be my duty to guard this town."
"Perhaps," Payne shrugged. "But guarding the town is not your sole responsibility. I heard that His Highness will knight you after winter, so you should understand even more that a knight's first principle is loyalty. Since he needs you to protect Anna, you should fulfill your duty."
"You... are right," Brian hesitated for a moment, then sat back down.
But soon, they heard the second horn blast – more urgent than the first, like thunder rolling through everyone's hearts.
Payne frowned.
"Anna!" Nanawa exclaimed.
He turned his head and saw the witch walking directly towards the door. Brian immediately chased after her and blocked her way.
"Didn't you say you wanted to guard the city wall? Now is the time," Anna said calmly. "As long as you go with me, it won't be a violation of His Highness's orders."
Brian was indeed stunned. He looked up at Payne.
What a clever girl, the baron thought. At least there's nothing wrong with what she said. Because His Royal Highness didn't specify that she had to stay in the medical tent. And according to Nanawa, she can summon flames. If the situation is really critical now, the addition of a witch might turn the tide.
Thinking of this, he nodded, "Protect her."
"Yes!" Brian immediately perked up and replied loudly.
Seeing the two leave, Nanawa asked, "Father, aren't you going?"
"My battlefield is here, my dear daughter," the baron smiled. "Whether it's a demonic beast or a devil, I won't let them hurt you."
The city wall wasn't far from the medical tent. Anna and Brian jogged along the stone slab road beside the wall towards the east. When the two reached the central watchtower, they realized that the situation had become very bad.
A huge gap had been opened in the city wall, and Roland's guards were holding it up with their shields, but several people were still knocked to the ground. Especially a tusked demonic beast shaped like a wild boar, which was unstoppable when charging. The guards in front were almost knocked away with their shields.
"Hey, it's dangerous here, leave quickly!" Someone saw Anna in her strange attire and shouted to dissuade her.
Anna turned a deaf ear and walked straight towards the gap. After the demonic beast rushed out of the crowd, it turned around and charged directly at Anna. Brian, acting as her bodyguard, quickly stepped forward to take the side, lowered his body, and swung his sword horizontally—
The frantic demonic beast had no intention of dodging at all. Its front legs crashed into the blade, instantly knocking the longsword away, while the force of its charge also broke the leg bones that had been cut open.
It screamed and rolled to the side, struggling desperately like a dehydrated fish. No one dared to approach it for a while. Anna walked to the demonic beast and placed her hands on the ground. Flames burst out from under the demonic beast and quickly turned it into a pile of charcoal.
Roland also noticed the sudden burst of flames. When he discovered that Anna had personally joined the battle, he was shocked.
This was not part of his plan!
He originally planned to have Nanawa improve the militia's impression of witches, and then reveal Anna's existence after most people accepted them.
But now it was too late, and he immediately turned his head and said, "Never mind me, go protect her!"
Anna must not be lost. As an important figure in the key process of alternative industrial development, her injury would bring immeasurable losses.
"I understand," Nightingale said, "Please also pay attention to your safety."
Anna walked to the breach in the city wall. Most of Roland's guards had seen this strangely dressed girl and gave way. She stood among the shield wall and stretched out her arms to both sides. Flames, like vines, gushed out from her palms and climbed up the cross-section of the city wall.
All those who witnessed this spectacle gaped. They saw a wall of fire slowly rising, filling the gap in the city wall. This was definitely not an illusion. The high temperature of the fire forced the guards at the breach to retreat, and the surrounding snow quickly melted, forming rising white mist.
The demonic beasts also felt the heat of the fire wall. They fled to both sides, and occasionally one or two rushed into the fire wall, but they died in the sea of fire before they could run two steps.
"Everyone, get on the city wall!" Roland shouted, taking advantage of the situation. "The spearmen regroup! Hunters, free fire!"
After speaking, he snatched Carter's musket, climbed onto the wall, and personally shot at the demonic beasts with nowhere to go.
The prince's actions immediately encouraged everyone present. It must be said that in this era, it was rare for nobles or royalty to take the lead, and the morale boost was huge when Roland, as the fourth prince of the kingdom, was willing to fight alongside the militia selected from the common people.
The crowd shouted slogans such as "Defend Border Town! Fight for His Royal Highness!" and maintained the defensive formation in the same way as when the city wall was not broken.
The battle lasted until dusk, and finally there were no more living demonic beasts left in front of the city wall.
The light of the flames gradually dissipated, Anna wiped the sweat from her forehead, and walked out of the breach.
Then, Roland saw an incredible scene.
The guards clenched their fists and placed them on their chests, bowing to her. Then the militiamen seemed to be infected, and no one shouted the words "fiend" or "witch", but silently watched her. A brief moment of peace appeared on the border after the war.
An unseen power is indeed terrifying, but when this power stands on one's side and fights against the evil enemies with oneself, fear gradually disappears, replaced by trust and gratitude.
Roland suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked to Anna, but found that she was pale, staggering, and swaying.
"Are you okay?" He worriedly held the girl's shoulders. The latter gave the prince a forced smile, and then fell headfirst into his arms.
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